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L. H. WISE.

. BUTTON. No. 245,908. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

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LEO H. WISE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,908, dated August 16, 1881,

Application filed May 28, 1881. (No model.)

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO H. VVIsE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsinButtons; andIdohereby declare the following to be full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of buttons which are made and sold in two parts, and which are joined together and attached to the garment in one and the same operation, the objects of such buttons being to provide for their ready attachment to the garment without the necessity of sewing them.

The improvement will first be described, and the particular part to which the invention relates will then be designated in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed the figures are made on a large scale for the purpose of better illustration. Figure 1 is a partly sectional View of the button. Fig. 2 is a view of a blank from which the button proper may be made. Fig. 3 is a view of the button formed from the blank shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of the shank and its head.- Fig. 5 shows separate views of the two parts of which the button proper may be composed.

The letter A denotes the button proper. To make it of one piece it should be first blanked out, as shown in Fig. 2, the central part, b, of which, within the dotted-line circle, indicates the outer part or face of the button. The four tapering points 0 form, when folded over, the back or inner part, and the straight end d on each of the tapering points form the female or hollow shank, which receives the male shank fon the other part of the button. The blank shown in Fig. 2 is struck or pressed up by suitable dies, which any one skilled in the art will readily understand, and forms the button shown in Fig. 3. In striking up this blank the four taperingpoints are pressed into a concavo-convex form, which makes them stiff, and the four straight ends d together form a cylindrical shank-socket, each part (1 constituting a spring,

the end of which is turned slightly inward, as shown at 0, so that the mouth or edge of the socket has an inward flange.

The male shankf, which enters'the springsocket, is provided with a number of annular grooves, g, cut or pressed into the shank. It will be seen that the inward flange, c, on the spring-socket will enter one of the grooves on the male shank, the relative size of these parts being such that the spring-socket flange will gripe the male socket tightly.

The object of a number of grooves on one shank is that thereby the button is adapted to be tightly attached to various thicknesses of material, and in attaching a button to a garment it may be tightened as much as desired.

This button is designed to be used for pantaloons and other garments, and to be tightly attached thereto without sewing. To effect this the head of the male shank is made to serve the duty of the one side of a clamp, while the inward flange on the end of the socket attached to the button-head serves as the other side, between which the fabric of the garment is secured. The button may thus be fastened as immovably (that is, as incapable of being turned) as it would be if sewed to the fabric. While thus rigidly secured the shank d and head of the button are held off from the fabric conveniently for connection with the buttonhole.

The end of the male shank is rounded off blunt; but it may be pointed, as shown in Letters Patent granted to me January 4, 1881.

As above described, the head and shanksocket of the button are made of one piece, the particular construction of which constitutes a feature of my invention; but for the purposes of the other feature of my invention it is immaterial whether the head of the button be composed of one or two pieces. I

If the button proper is made of two pieces, as indicated in Fig. 5, the back or inner part will be devoid of the slits caused by the abut ting together of the edges of the four tapering parts. The shank-socket, however, will consist of four straight parts, 01, together forming a spring-cylinder, and the mouth of the socket will have the inward flange c. The outer part or face, 11, and the inner part or back, h, may be secured together by the rim of one part bevided with depressions in the side and a button-head with a solid bar-shank provided with grooves; Such construction, however, serves only to lock the two parts together, and the device is a mere stud and is not capable of being rigidly secured to the fabric, as is the case with the button herein described; neither is it secured to the fabric so that the shank and button-head are held off conveniently for connection with the button-hole. I

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A button composed of a male shank, f, having a head, and provided with a number of annular grooves, g, and a button-head, A, having a spring socket, cl, provided on theend with an inward flange, 6, whereby the button may be rigidly secured to the fabric by clamping the latter between the head of the male shank and the inward flange on the end of the socket, as set forth.

2. In a metal button, the button-head A and shank d, formed of one piece consisting of a blank having a central part, b, which form the outer face of the button, four radially-projectin g tapering points, 0, which form the back, and a straight end, (1, on each tapering point, which forms the shank, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEO H. WISE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. B. MANN, J NO. '1. MADDoX. 

